Jody Wilson-Raybould

Several Indigenous leaders say former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was deeply brave in her explosive testimony on the SNC-Lavalin affair, but they're steering clear of criticizing the Trudeau government.

A day after bombshell claims by Canada's former attorney general that she was pressured to intervene in a criminal case against SNC-Lavalin, the Quebec premier expressed concern about potential job losses and the province's political class hesitated to take sides.

Speaking to reporters in Toronto Thursday, Finance Minister Bill Morneau responded a day after former justice minister and attorney general, Jody Wilson-Raybould, gave a damning testimony in front of the House of Commons justice committee, which implicated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Morneau, and their respective staff,

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau picked his old school in Montreal as the setting as he began a counter-attack Wednesday evening in the SNC Lavalin affair — a setting that underlined some of the interprovincial tensions in the controversy, with many Quebeckers believing that government was right to use drastic measures to protect thousands of jobs in the province.

Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s former justice minister and attorney general, broke her silence on the SNC-Lavalin scandal in extraordinary fashion Wednesday, pointing her finger at the country’s prime minister, his political and bureaucratic operatives, and the finance minister for applying “inappropriate” pressure on her to help the Quebec engineering giant avoid a criminal trial.

From studies on northern transportation systems, to helping protect whales from toxins, to window washing — SNC-Lavalin has extensive federal ties amounting to tens of millions of dollars in contracts, big and small.

Jody Wilson-Raybould finally gets the chance today to "speak her truth" about the SNC-Lavalin affair, breaking a three-week silence that has fuelled a controversy based, so far, strictly on anonymous allegations of political interference in the justice system.

Jody Wilson-Raybould will finally give her side of the SNC-Lavalin story on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, breaking almost three weeks of silence that has fuelled the anonymously sourced controversy and shaken the Trudeau government to its core.

Canada's top bureaucrat launched a vigorous defence on Thursday, February 21, 2019, of the government's handling of the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, bluntly declaring allegations of political interference to be false and even defamatory.

The Trudeau government faced fresh fire over its treatment of disabled veterans on Thursday, February 21, 2019, after a new analysis by Parliament's budgetary watchdog found an incoming system of benefits will shortchange some of the most severely injured former service members.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a public inquiry is necessary in the scandal involving engineering giant SNC-Lavalin and Canada's former justice minister.

Here are five things you need to know about the prime minister's friend, Gerald Butts, and the role he played in Justin Trudeau's inner circle.

Federal Conservative MPs were gloating on Monday following the resignation of a key advisor and friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the midst of a political crisis.

Gerald Butts, a long-time friend and advisor of Justin Trudeau, has resigned his position in the prime minister's office due to the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

Jody Wilson-Raybould's resignation from cabinet this week has stoked long-standing frustration, disappointment and anger among Canada's veterans, who say they have been ignored and betrayed by the Trudeau government.